Srinidhi's Athai (Paternal Aunt) Punitha, getting gift from her Athai. Punitha's engagement to Dr Senthil Kumar, Nov, 1998 at our house.

Favourite color

Veena observed, given a choice, Srinidhi picks blue, be it dress or toy. Hmmm.

SENSEX

With India poised for explosive growth in coming years and decades, it is not surprising lot of foreign institutional investment is flowing into Indian stock market. Everything from IT services, BPO, Airline and Infrastructure, Consumer goods sectors are doing well. Some individual equities I am tracking have appreciated 50% in 6 months. Not a bad return, not a bad investment.

Take a look at these 2 charts.

SENESEX 52 Week range 4,227.50 - 6,954.86, Current 6,746.88.

TCS 52 Week range Rs 958.55 - 1,467.60 Current 1448.00

Drs Appointment

We had Srinidhi's doctor appointment today, regular checkup. Supposed to be next month close to his second birthday, we went a month ahead since we will be in India next month. All is well.

Veena had been trying to prepare him for this visit for a month. She got him a play stethoscope and other paraphernalia and showed him how to play with it. He likes them and knows how to play. We had some hope he will cooperate better this time.

We got to the doctor's. He was happily playing in the waiting room. The moment nurse opened the door, he realized where we are and started his 'non-cooperation' movement :) and raised his crying to 120 decibels. Oh well, it was an uphill battle from there.

Anyway, he is growing healthy, 36 inches (90 percentile) and 28 pounds (50 percentile).

Elephant Ride at Mysore Palace, May 2004.

Mysore palace.